Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pics Vol. 395, 0 by quietyard

quietyard wrote:
Thank you all for the nice comments on my hummingbirds ! The two babies left the nest today. Left behind was not one egg in the nest but two. Either Mom #1 laid a total of four eggs with a week between the layings or the second female that kept trying to take over the nest laid them. I do not think they have a chance of surviving. No one is sitting on the nest now though Mom # 1 turned them a few times this morning after the babies left and she could see what had been under them.

Mrs_Ed the nest was built on a hanging art work of glass butterflies. It is hooked to the ceiling and hangs freely, so it does sway in the breeze. She attached the nest to a bottom ring. She used lots of spider webs that are abundant on the ceiling of our patio, plus she went into a patio green house when it was open and grabbed webs from there. The feeder was just a few feet to the side of the nest and a fountain of water was under the feeder. She had an ideal location it seems for her home.

I am attaching a photo of one of the babies right after it left the nest today.

Linda